Princess Royal to open new student accommodation at UCL

Publication date:
Mar 13, 2006 4:33:19 PM

HRH The Princess Royal, will be at University College London on Wednesday 4th
February to open newly built student residences that will provide affordable
accommodation for 216 students. Media representatives are invited to attend
the opening of Frances Gardner House, scheduled for 4pm, at Langton Close, Wren
Street, Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 0HD.

Frances Gardner was Dean of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine from
1962 to 1975. Frances Gardner House has been built on the old site of the Royal
Free Hospital. UCL will be awarded Hospitality Assured accreditation on the
opening day, an important indicator of the quality of the residences that UCL
provides to its students. The building was designed by architects Fielden Clegg
Bradley.

John Foreman, Dean of Students at UCL said: "This building is part of
a wider strategy to increase the number of high quality, affordable student
residences within close proximity of the main campus."